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Mar 20, 2006, 2:25 PM
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Re: [rodovideo] Blinkers....(not the ones on your vehicle)
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How do you stop/get around... "the blinker...."?
I shot some team & individual shots for the local YMCA swim team and one of the boys blinked in almost every shot I took of him. Thank goodness for digital cameras... I could check each shot and yep "You blinked again Seth...."
Then a couple of days ago, I was doing some headshots for a realtor and yep... she blinked in every shot. What I ended up doing was putting my camera into High-speed continuous shooting (a whole 2.5 fps) and fired away. I got a couple good shots but the flash can't keep up with that pace....
Does anyone know of some good tricks to get around this?
The only thing I can think of is to shoot in bright conditions that would NOT require a flash.
Thanks
Mike R.
Mike,
I rarely have closed eyes. One trick is to count aloud from 3,2,1 then shoot. This will prep the group to be ready. But on the 2nd attempt, click the shutter after counting 3. Don't let it get to 1. If we do videos, we have our own lights (2 x 800-1,000 watts) so, I can also shoot 2x-3x without firing the flash.
Now, if you are using a canon dslr and a 580ex flash, you can buy the cp-e3 external battery holder and it basically can give you about 5-8 straight full power flashes with a 1 sec lag. Of course, you will not likely fire that flash in full, but partially, so basically, you can fire at least 3-4 straight flashes and not lose power. If you have the 20d/30d and this combo flash and battery, you can fire 3-5 frames at 5fps for sure.
Another trick is, sometimes, I talk as if I am asking the people to stand up straight or look at the camera, then I just click. No warning. Actually, I already know they are all ready for the shot, but pretend that someone else is not yet ready. When you shoot digital, it's no waste of film that you throw away if it didn't work out. With digital, you just erase it. I do this to break the rhythm, so people are relaxed and don't tighten up. There are some people when you count, they start to stiffen or look bug eyed.
Basically, when they are relaxed, and they are not thinking about you shooting, I rarely have this closed eyes things. You have to talk to your subjects. Give them feedback if they do good. OR say, your intent out aloud (without being bossy or sounding like a military order).
At the worst, in very large groups, you can have one person at the left with eyes open but closed on the 2nd shot. But then on the 1st shot someone else' eyes is closed but open on the 2nd shot. You may have to operate and copy the eyes of when that person where it was open and move it to the other shot itsn't with PS. I don't like this solution, but can do this if I have no choice. It's not hard work, but it can be time consuming.
Hope this helps!
-Caterpilar
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Blinkers....(not the ones on your vehicle)
